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Castle Shade
Castle Shade: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes | Laurie R. King
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A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat--all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure. The queen is Marie of Roumania: the doubly royal granddaughter of Victoria, Empress of the British Empire, and Alexander II, Tsar of Russia. A famous beauty who was married at seventeen into Roumania's young dynasty, Marie had beguiled the Paris Peace Conference into returning her adopted country's long-lost provinces, singlehandedly transforming Roumania from a backwater into a force. The castle is Bran: a tall, quirky, ancient structure perched on high rocks overlooking the border between Roumania and its newly regained territory of Transylvania. The castle was a gift to Queen Marie, a thank-you from her people, and she loves it as she loves her own children. The threat is . . . well, that is less clear. Shadowy figures, vague whispers, the fears of girls, dangers that may be only accidents. But this is a land of long memory and hidden corners, a land that had known Vlad the Impaler, a land from whose churchyards the shades creep. When Queen Marie calls, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are as dubious as they are reluctant. But a young girl is involved, and a beautiful queen. Surely it won't take long to shine light on this unlikely case of what would seem to be strigoi? Or, as they are known in the West . . . vampires.
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TheBookDream
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Some reading and tea on the porch before I start working.

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Shemac77
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Easy series to read.

JenReadsAlot That's so pretty 2y
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Shemac77
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Love this series.

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PatriciaU
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In this Laurie King novel, Holmes & Russell are in Roumania investigating suspected supernatural doings in and around Castle Bran. Witches, strigoi, ghosts, werewolves…then I saw this meme and laughed out loud.

Bookzombie 😂😂 3y
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CaitlinR
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I enjoyed Ms King‘s latest, although I agree with others that it is not her best. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are in Roumania at the behest of Queen Marie whose daughter, Ileana, has been threatened. There are also rumored problems with Strigoi (vampires). Absurd, but all is explained to some degree of satisfaction.

My Library borrowed copy has a very unfortunate romance-like cover, but issued during the pandemic allowances must be made?

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MamaGina
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This series starring Sherlock Holmes and his partner/wife Mary Russell was my first experience where someone other than the original author features well established characters and expounds on their canon in a compelling way. This remains an amazing series 17 volumes in and this latest adventure does not disappoint. If I ever meet Laurie King I will thank her for this and for opening my eyes to the joys of well written pastiche fiction. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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nocto
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Finally finished my July #doublespin Not my favourite of the series, I found it slow going and this hardback edition was riddled with typographical errors. Glad to have it out of my way!

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nocto
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I feel like I've read more in #bookspin July than previously but the roundup doesn't reflect that. My #doublespin Castle Shade is still on the go and I've only just started What We Really Do All Day so they are staying for August. Waterlog, about wild swimming around Britain, wasn't holding my interest so it's been sent back to the library.

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nocto
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July! Though I'm actually rather pleased that 2021 is sailing by at a faster clip than 2020 did even if I have a loitering pessimism that we're not really on the other side yet. Pick me something good to read please #bookspin random numbers and @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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beaconhillbooks
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Such a great series. Keep‘m coming Laurie King!